Community of Character Luncheon 2025

The Pleasanton Community of Character Collaborative invites you to the 16th annual Community of Character luncheon honoring the Juanita Haugen Community of Character award winners. The luncheon takes place on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Veterans Memorial Building, 301 Main Street, Pleasanton at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $45 per person.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided including:
Selection of Asian Inspired Dishes provided by Foothill High School Catering Department
Desserts provided by Foothill High School Catering Department

Come celebrate our award winners!

These awards were established in 2008 to recognize Pleasanton citizens who model high ethical and moral standards of behavior and are dedicated volunteers contributing their time to our community. Candidates for this award should exhibit traits chosen by the Citizens of Pleasanton and Advocated by the Collaborative: Compassion, Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Self-Discipline, and Responsibility.

Juanita Haugen, a nationally known public schools advocate and the longest-serving member ever of the Pleasanton school board, would be proud that the Community of Character program she established has become an ingrained part of our community. The program, established in 2008, recognizes those who consistently model high ethical and moral standards of behavior, including responsibility, compassion, self-discipline, honesty, respect and integrity. Mrs. Haugen died in 2007, but her Community of Character beliefs live on in the form of classroom instruction, on a plaque in the City Council chamber and on one-word banners touting each of the traits that frequently hang over the entrance to public buildings and at times under the Arch on Main Street.

Each year we honor a selection of individuals, organizations and students in Pleasanton that have gone above and beyond to model the values of the Pleasanton Community of Character. High School students modeling these values are granted scholarships from the Juanita Haugen Memorial Scholarship Fund to help them further their education.

There will be drawings at the luncheon to raise funds for the Juanita Haugen Community of Character Scholarships.

The Community of Character
The Community of Character Collaborative is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization of volunteers working together to create a Pleasanton community culture built on values, goodwill, and community-accepted traits of Responsibility, Compassion, Self-Discipline, Honesty, Respect and Integrity. This volunteer committee is jointly supported by the City of Pleasanton, Pleasanton Unified School District, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce and various business, individuals, non-profits, service and faith based organizations.

Questions? Contact the Community of Character Collaborative.
Heather Haugen Rizzoli HeatherHaugenRizzoli@gmail.com
Ken Mano kenmano@comcast.net